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His first TV drama role and the opportunity to work with his Johnny’s seniors is surely to delight fans of Wataru Yokoo (24) from Kis-My-Ft2.

Wataru Yokoh's name in the drama cast list

The Johnny’s Jr. star will play a lawyer living next door to main character Seiji (played by Arashi’s Kazunari Ninomiya) in “フリーター、家を買う (Freeter, Ie wo Kau)”, which starts in October. Yokoh will also be working with Kanjani8’s Ryuhei Maruyama (26), who is also starring in the drama.

The unexplained absence of Yokoo from his group’s stage show “少年たち 格子無き牢獄 (Shonentachi: Koushi naki Rougoku)” had upset many Jr. fans last week. Now some fans have been reported to be happy Yokoo had been given such a big job.